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FIDEL JOE AGUIRRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1947 – March 10, 1969
Service recordFidel Joe Aguirre, of Runge, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 98
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Runge, Texas (Karnes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 98
- EDWARD JAMES MILLISON IIISpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- JOSEPH WALTER WYSONGSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JESSE HAROLD ARCHERSergeant · March 10, 1969
- JACK BERNSTEINPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE E NUNNERY JRSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 2
- AARON LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 2
- JAMES LAMAR YARBROUGHPrivate · Panel 29W, Line 2
- CECIL WAYNE TILLMANCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 3
From Runge
- SALVADOR DELOSS RIOSSergeant · February 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.